Door-sill.



PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

P. G. WEBBER.

I DOOR SILL. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

witnesses UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

DOOR-SILL.

SBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,615, dated Au; 1" 16, 1904.

Application filed January 21, 1904. Serial No- 190,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PARKER G. WEBBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stoneham, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Sills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to door-sills; and it has for its object to provide as an article of manufacture a door-sill which may be easily and quickly fitted between the jambs of .a door, while the wearing portions of the sill will be of a material that will resist the ordinary conditions to a far greater extent than the wood usually employed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of the specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a portion of a doorway having a sill embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the door-sill.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a sill comprising a metal plate including a central or body portion 5, the side's of which are bent downwardly and divergently, so that they lie at obtuse angles to the body portion, as shown at 6 and 7, andare then bent toward each other in a common plane parallel with said body portion, as shown at at 8 and 9. This metal plate forms the central portion of the sill that is subjected to the greatest wear, the end portions of this bent plate having fitted therein the blocks 10 and 11, against the lower faces or bottoms of which are fastened the inturned edge portions 8 and 9 of the plate by means of screws or any other suitable devices. The blocks 10 and 11 extend into or beneath the metal plate a sufiicient distance to insure a rigid structure, the outer ends of these blocks projecting sufliciently far from the ends of the plate to permit of cutting and fitting them between the jambs of the door in which the sill is to be placed, it being understood that this specific structure permits of substitution of the sill for a worn or decayed sill that may have been removed from a doorway.

In practice the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 may have a complete filling of wood instead of the end blocks, in the same manner as the structure shown in Fig. 3, it being understood that other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is As an article of manufacture, a door-sill comprising a metal plate having its side portions bent downwardly and then toward each other, and a wooden block fitted in each end of the inclosure of the plate and projecting therefrom and to which the plate is secured.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PARKER G. VVEBBER.

Witnesses:

JAMES HARRISON, GARDNER M. WVEBBER. 

